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Show t r Eagles win Literary art CEU's Golden Eagles came out on top In two close baseball games. Page 4A Carbon High is producing some poets through a writing program. j 10, 1988 I A I J Page IB f man m.'LrandP,al" hl ? 0BSlfln , "V own cssontmiy an by mony 'B,lan 97th Year 0 0f m mio Ih, ob no m pUrpos. 'T'4I, fining bolt boun(J 'L ' ' I Price, Utah No. 37 35 CGVltS Mine lays off 98 at Helper Democrats in Carbon County heard mostly from state candidates last Friday evening during the county convention, but seven local candidates did spend a few minutes speaking before delegates balloted to select those who would run against each other in a primary ar ar eliminated. Rachiele said he has served 13 years as a Carbon County commissioner and six years as a Price city councilman and in all those years has never missed a scheduled meeting of either body. That 100 percent attendance record shows my devotion and commitment to serve the people he told the delegates. Rachiele, the incumbent, was with 47 the top delegates. Kuykendall, who will be er challenging Rachiele, told the convention she had a lot to offer HELPER - Castle Gate has Castle Gate Coal announced Friday Company a workforce reduction of 86 hourly and 12 salaried employees. The reductions, which were effective immediately, occurred at Castle Gates mine near Helper. Most classifications at the mine were affected by the layoff. A company spokesman said the company has elected to reduce its operating level below the 1.5 million tons annual capacity due to currently depressed market conditions and to concentrate its efforts on existing customers and present commitments. in September. Guido Rachiele and Emma Kuykendall were elected to run in the primary for the four-yecounty commission seat. Bob Etzel was elminated. J.R. Bob Olson and Lynda Varner were elected to run in the primary for the two-yecounty commission seat. John Adams and Betty Wheeler were vote-gett- , 0 Demos pick primary choices of Carbon County, c p Mern v. 0 T uesday May ,ur mV Survyaj Ij Out of 102 delegates to the Carbon County Democratic Convention, 99 showed up Friday evening and cast ballots the citizens of the county and added your concerns will be my concerns. She also promised to give back to the county half of her salary as a commissioner. Kuykendall received 29 delegate votes. Etzel was elminated with 23 votes. Bob Olson said he was looking forward to a good future in Carbon County with the con struction of several new projects and the employment of many local people due to those projects, as such the cogeneration plant in East Carbon and the resin plant in Wellington. Im an optimist I like to look forward to those projects which will help our economy, he said. Olson garnered 34 delegate to select candidates who will vie for the general election in a primary set for Sept. 13. votes. Running against Olson in the primary will be Lynda Varner who said she has the time to devote to the job of being a county commissioner. There is no question that cant be answered, she told the I delegates. She also said, dont measure a job by the time it takes but by the results and Im going to listen. Varner picked up from the 30 votes 99 delegates. Adams was dropped from the running when he pulled only six votes and Wheeler marrowly missed defeating Varner with 29 votes. The Democratic primary election will be held Sept. 13 with the general election set for Nov. 8. been developing and rehabilitating its underground mine since 1986 and just completed construction of a new unit train, rapid loadout facility. The company recently signed an agreement to supply coal on a long-terbasis to an industrial customer in California and is also in the process of finalizing an agreement to ship to coal through the mid-90- s another California industrial customer. m Following the reduction, Castle Gates workforce will 155 stand at approximately hourly and salaried employees. During public forum in Price Democratic candidates promise economic relief The meeting preceded county convention. ByARVA SMITH Staff writer Democrats could improve the economy of Utah and provide the leadership to bring people together, three Democrats running for political offices said Friday afternoon at a sparsely attended meeting in the Geary Theater at College of Eastern Utah. Speakers included the Ted Wilson, former Salt Lake City mayor who wants to be governor; Brian Moss, who is seeking the Senate seat now held by Republican Orrin Hatch and formerly held by Moss father, Frank E. Ted Moss, and Paul Van Dam, who is running for attorney general. Special Olympics on for this Friday he only consistency with years spring Special mpics is change. Weather blems have caused three inges in scheduling. efully, the May 13 date will suffer the same fate, he 1988 Spring Olympics tures celebrities master Ray of Carbon Miss emonies; inty, Melanie Wood; Miss chele, Anna lery County, mpson; and Miss CEU, n Zillner as reigning alty. hey will be assisted by ces K.C. Noyes and Mark and princesses Emilie Bird and Heilesen from Elementary. Billie Jo Creekview The National Guard will make the flag presentation. A special Olympic oath will be presented by Betty Oliver; the grand torch bearer, Kirk Oviatt, will light the Olympic flame; and the field events will begin at 9 a.m. As usual, the highlight of these events is the interaction handicapped children have with parents, friends, students and community volunteers. All are invited to bring their good humor and cheering voices. I was 14 before I knew damn Republicans were two separate words, Wilson said in his ex- in crossing the county line into the Democratic world of Carbon pressing pleasure County. Wilson, who now directs the Hinckley Institute of Politics at the University of Utah, said, I look at the state and see our spectacular scenery as offering one of the greatest potentials for economic development, but the present administration has lost the vision of the tourist industry. Utah cut its tourist budget by eight percent while Colorado raised its (tourist budget) by 125 percent, he said. Tourist dollars would help revive the economy and a dollar from tourism is just as good as a dollar from Geneva Steel, he said. He said in addition to spending more to attract tourists, he would propose strong public bonding to help the construction industry and to build needed highways and college buildings. Seeing the dust fly is important to public confidence. There has been a lack of inhe said. vestor confidence, Part of it is psychological; there is no substantial reason for the lack of confidence, he said. Wilson said 30,000 people have left the state during the past few years because of not being able to find jobs here. During the last year Matheson was governor he produced 35,000 new jobs while Bangerter has been able to come up with only 6,400 jobs during a similar period, he said. We need leadership that can bring people together. Wilson said he thinks the failure of the economy to furnish jobs has resulted in divisions among people, Mormons and and rural and urban. ns I. could bring people together. I am an active Mor- mon but people think I am Greek Orthodox, he said. I know how to run the team, I know how to make the team work, he said. Wilson warned against voting for the tax rollback initiatives which he said would cut $349 million from education and other essential state services. In answer to questions for specifics about education, he gave figures he said came from Utahns for a group called Responsible Taxation. The initiatives would destroy our local colleges, he said, we would have to close one or two of them. Tuition would go up 20 to 30 percent." Students would leave school because they could not afford to attend and, he said, salaries of Utah teachers are already lower than in many of the surrounding states. We would have to cut kinand have dergarten to half-tim- e to lay off 10 percent of our teachers and have five to six kids more per classroom. Most of the state social service money is matched he by federal funds, said. If we cut $49 million from social services, we could lose an (Continued on Page 10A) four-to-o- Kaiser on short end Geneva drops offer Geneva Steel in Orem has reportedly dropped its bid for Kaiser Coals Sunnyside mines and received a test shipment of coal from a mine in Kentucky, Kings Western newsletter for April Kaiser could get out from under two contractural agreements to supply coal to Gifford Hill Cement in Texas and Kerr-McG- Chemical. Coal 26 has reported. According to the newsletter, which is published in Knoxville, Tenn., industry sources said two trainloads of coal came from Arch Minerals Harlan County coal mines. Union Pacific delivered the coal to Geneva. The Sunnyside mines have been regular suppliers to the mill since Geneva reopened it in 1987, Kings reported. They said Geneva Steel intended to purchase the mines and reserves at Sunnyside if According to the newsletter, Gifford Hill agreed with Kaiser to terminate their contract with the mining company and Kaiser asked the bankruptcy court to allow it to end the contract with Kerr-McGe- e. Both contracts were terminated to facilitate the sale to Geneva, but now Geneva has dropped its offer and Kaiser has lost both contracts. Kings reported both Gifford Hill and Kerr McGee are now entertaining bids for spot coal from other sources. ne |